Job DescriptionACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIREDWe are seeking an experienced
Offensive Cyber Operations Engineer to conduct hands-on adversary emulation, technical vulnerability assessments, and mitigation reporting across diverse mission environments. This is an active, operational assessment and offensive engineering role requiring periodic OCONUS travel. The ideal candidate possesses deep experience executing offensive cyber operations or full-scope Red Team assessments rather than standard defensive watchfloor or SOC monitoring. You will be responsible for planning and executing technical operations, analyzing collected network and telemetry data for indicators of compromise (IOCs) and unauthorized activity, and authoring actionable mitigation reports to strengthen customer network architectures.
The annual base salary range for this role is $197,000-$233,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.
Required Skills- Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) & Red Teaming: Proven, hands-on experience executing full-scope Red Team operations, adversary emulation, or tactical OCO engagements (distinct from passive watchfloor, triage desk, or SOC operations).
- Assessment Execution & Mitigation Reporting: Demonstrated ability to independently conduct technical vulnerability and penetration assessments, with a track record of authoring comprehensive assessment findings and actionable mitigation/remediation reports.
- Network Analysis & Anomaly Detection: Strong proficiency analyzing raw packet captures (PCAP), network session telemetry, and protocol flows to identify anomalous communication patterns, unauthorized persistence, and malicious activity.
- Indicators of Compromise (IOC) Analysis: Demonstrated experience hunting, identifying, and evaluating IOCs and suspicious behavior across disparate host and network telemetry sources.
- Operational Travel Readiness: Ability and willingness to support periodic OCONUS travel as required by mission and assessment schedules.
Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, PLUS
11+ years of professional cybersecurity and Red Team assessment experience OR
Master's Degree in a related technical field, PLUS
9+ years of specialized offensive security and threat assessment experience OR
Associate's Degree , PLUS
13+ years of hands-on technical experience in cybersecurity operations, network assessment, and Red Teaming in lieu of a degree.
Desired Skills- Offensive & Penetration Testing Certifications: Active industry certifications validating offensive tradecraft, such as OSCP, CRTO, CRTE, GRTP, PenTest+, or GCIH.
- Penetration Testing & Exploit Tradecraft: Hands-on experience performing network, host, and application-layer penetration testing using standard offensive tooling, custom scripts, and post-exploitation frameworks.
- Network Infrastructure & Hardening: Background in network architecture review, switch/router hardening, zero-trust design, firewall rule analysis, and network defense-in-depth engineering.
- Network Administration: Practical experience configuring, troubleshooting, and administering enterprise networking hardware, routing protocols (e.g., BGP, OSPF), VLANs, VPNs, and directory services.
